Device for placing in and removing garments from protective bags



Dec. 13, 1927.

O. ONKEN DEVICE FOR PLACING IN AND REMOVING GARMBNTS FROM PROTECTIVE BAGS Filed Jan. 12. 1926 III. .rll

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Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

UNITED STATES,

7 1,652,579 PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR ONKEN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

DEVICE on PLACING. IN AND REMOVING oAnMEnrs rnon PROTECTIVE BAGS.

Application filed January An object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficacious device for use in enveloping garments supported on garment hangers in protective envelopes and for removing the garments therefrom.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device for the purpose stated, the manufacture of which will require a minimum of material and labor.

Another object of my invention is to providea device for the purpose stated that will facilitate and expedite insertion and removal of garments from a protective envelope or sack.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a device of my invention, parts being shown in cross section.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device shown in Fig.1.

In carrying out my invention, an envelope or bag 16 is used to normally enclose garments that may be temporarily hung away, for example, a dresssuit or evening dress that during the day period would not be used. In order to insert and remove the garment from the tecting cover or bag without mussing the garment and Without injuring the protecting envelope, I provide an elongated bar 5, having an offset or lug 6 at one end thereof. The offset portion is provided as a mounting for the rod on a door or wall or the like, and serves to space the body or main portion of the bar from the door or wall so that the protective sack or garment may move upwardly around the bar. At the lower end of the bar there are provided hooks 13 and 15, the hooks being spaced one above the other. The lowermost hook 13 is adapted to receive the hook 20 of a garment hanger 14. The hook 15 is adapted to receive the lower edge of the sack or bag 16 and to retain same in an elevated position such that the hanger may be readily accessible for receiving and removing therefrom any garments that may have been enclosed within the sack or which are to be enclosed with n the sack 16.

In some instances, for example, when inserting skirts or dresses in a protective bag, it maybe desired to modify the folds in which. the garment hangs. For meeting such 12, 1926. Serial No. 80,834.

substantially midway of' the length of the bar 5. Upon applyin a protective envelope to a garment of the class referred tofthe operator would move the protective bag part way over the garment, whereupon thegar ment hanger and protective bag would be together raised relative to the bar or rod-'5, and the garment hanger would be suspended from the hook 19. The operator would then be in position, without stooping, to rearrange the folds of the garment and to then further move the bagto fully enclose the garment.

From the forego ng it will be evident that the enclosing and removing of garments in and from protective envelopes may be done in a minimum of time and with a minimum of effort.

In practice, the owner would probably have a number of protective envelopes or bags, one for each of a number of individual suits or the like. WVhen desiring to wear a particular suit he would hang the garment hanger together with the chosen garment and the bag containing same, upon the end hook 13. He would then raise the bag until.

the lower end of the bag passed over the upper end of the hook 15, whereupon the bag would be inserted between the hook 15 and the bar, thereby retaining the bag in its elevated position, the bar extending from the openings provided at the opposite ends of the bag or envelope. The garment would then be removed from the hanger while the hanger and envelope might be left in the positions stated until the operator wished to don a different suit of clothes whereupon he would doll the suit he is wearing, hang it upon the garment hanger, release the bag from the rod and encase the garment, whereupon the newly chosen garment would be removed from the envelope as previously explained.

As disclosed herein the hooks are stamped from the body 8 of the bar 5. It is obvious that this bar may be made in one stamping operation for forming the same into the finished form including the hooks. Itwill also be readily evident that instead of a solid plate, the device may be made in the form of a. wire or wood frame or other material.

Although I have'disclosed my invention as embodying a bar having a plurality of hooks thereon, it is readily evident that the hook conditions an additional hook 19 is provide 1 at the lower end of the but ma he made sufliciently large that same will serve both for the purpose of holding the sack or envelope in an elevated position, and for receiving the hook of the garment hanger.

It is readily evident that any suitable means may be provided for mounting or suspending the rod from its upper end.

What I claim is:

, 1. In a device of the class described the combination of-a garment hanger, a garment protective bag having an opening at its top andbottom, and an elongated bar extending through the center of the bag supported at its upper end and having a hook formed at its lower end "for retaining the bag in a raised position and supporting the garment hanger outside of and below the edge of the bag.

2. A device of the class described comprising an elongated bar having a pair of hooks formed thereon at 1ts one end, the hooks being spaced longitudinally of the bar and extending away from the bar in the same plane, the upper hook supporting a protective garment bag and the lower hook supporting a garment hanger, and means for mounting the bar, at its opposite end.

3. A device of the class described compris ing an elongated bar having a pair of hooks "formed thereon at its one end, the hooks being spaced longitudinally of the bar and extending from the bar in the same plane, the upper hook supporting a protective garment bag and the lower hook supporting a garment hanger, and an offset lug at the opposite end of the bar for mounting the bar on a suitablesupport whereby the bar is spaced from the said support.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 9th day of January,

' OSCAR ONKEN. 

